419 scam: A.Dickson <zhangheng@bbac.com.cn> Affiliated With Uk Lottery/Award Notification Final Notice!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "jhines.claims@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447092849844 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: A.Dickson <zhangheng@bbac.com.cn>
Reply-To: <jhines.claims@live.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:14:46 +0200
Subject: Affiliated With Uk Lottery/Award Notification Final Notice!

Affiliated With Uk Lottery/Award Notification Final Notice!
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand
Great British Pounds (Ðˆ920,000.00) for the year 2013 Prize promotion which is organized by
UK LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM 2013.
UK SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM BOARD collects all the
email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Gmail /telkomsa/mweb and few from other e-mail providers. Five people are selected every
two years to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
Your fund is now deposited with a financial institution (atlantic Credit Bank) in United Kingdom
insured , be well advised that the method of payment according to our paying
bank is either by Wire Transfer to a bank account or Bank Guaranteed Cheque.
Please note that your pin number and batch number is the key to your funds, your are to keep
this confidential until your claim has been processed.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names
/email from Africa, Asia, Europe and America as part of our international promotion program
that we conduct once in a year. We hope with a part of your prize, you will take part in
assisting the less privileged in the society.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Remember all prize money must be claimed within 21 working days of this notice. After three
(3) weeks, all funds will be returned to the Ministerio De Economia Y Hacienda as unclaimed.
Stated below is your identification numbers:
Reference Number: 2012EUR/MVW/69
Batch Number: EUR-675/8800E
Pin Number: EUR -44811
These numbers fall within the England Location file. Urgently email your full name and mobile
Number/Pin/Batch number to our fiduciary agent in London via his contact details below to
claim your prize.
Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit:
Contact Person: Name:James Hines
Tel/Fax: +447092849844
Email:jhines.claims@live.co.uk
Congratulation again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our promotion program
Dr.(Mrs.)Beverley Hoggins.
WARNING!
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations of
sweepstakes Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over
your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was
sent to you, kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such
person or body.

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